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The Expedition 74 crew explored how weightlessness affects cartilage growth and the digestive system on Thursday to protect crew health and improve patient care on Earth. The orbital residents are also gearing up for a robotics maintenance spacewalk at the end of the month on the International Space Station.
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This image, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and released on June 5, 2026, shows just a small portion of one of the Orion Molecular Clouds, a long and massive filament of cold gas and dust beyond the Orion Nebula. Every stage of star formation — from the youngest stellar embryos to protoplanetary discs […]
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Sophie is halfway through the εpsilon mission onboard the ISS, and she has already accomplished so much. Between hundreds of hours of scientific research and thousands of photographs taken from space, she has taken the time to share many unforgettable moments with us — inspiring millions along the way on social media.
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Chinese startup Spark Space has secured a series of funding rounds for what it claims will be the world's largest electric-pump-fed rocket, following engine tests. The post Chinese startup Spark Space tests engine, raises funds for electric-pump rocket appeared first on SpaceNews.
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In this episode of Space Minds, David Ariosto talks with Mike Kincaid, president and chief executive of the Challenger Center. They discuss the space workforce pipeline and the center’s role […] The post A legacy to help solve the space workforce pipeline appeared first on SpaceNews.
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The Falcon 9 rocket will launch an undisclosed number of satellites, which are believed to be Starshield satellites, a government variant of Starlink. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a 35-minute window that opens on Friday, June 19, at 1:40 a.m. PDT (4:40 a.m. EDT / 0840 UTC).
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In January 2026 alone, the Federal Communications Commission authorized 15,000 Starlink Gen2 satellites. Starcloud has filed for 88,000 orbital data center satellites. SpaceX has filed for 1 million. There is […] The post What the satellite servicing economy can borrow from carbon credits appeared first on SpaceNews.
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Boeing demonstrated a key quantum networking protocol in ground testing of a compact payload ahead of on-orbit experiment in 2027. “High-fidelity entanglement swapping” was demonstrated earlier this […] The post Boeing demonstrates quantum protocol in payload set for 2027 launch appeared first on SpaceNews.
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A high-risk mission to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft is set to launch later this month after less than a year of development. The post Swift reboost mission ready for launch appeared first on SpaceNews.
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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy cluster, called CL0016+1609 or MACS J0018.5+1626, that is very bright at X-ray wavelengths and is one of the most extensively studied clusters at X-ray and radio wavelengths. The X-ray observations of this cluster revealed that it is two clusters merging along our line of sight. Researchers […]
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The French space agency CNES has selected Sirius Space Services to fill a vacancy at the Guiana Space Centre’s new multi-user commercial launch facility. The space became available after MaiaSpace shifted its planned launch operations to the spaceport’s former Soyuz launch facility. In 2021, CNES opened a call for interest in a new commercial launch […] The post Sirius Space Selected to Fill Launch Facility Vacancy Left by MaiaSpace appeared first on European Spaceflight.
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Blue Origin has started rebuilding a launch pad severely damaged in a New Glenn explosion less than three weeks ago as it works to resume launches by year’s end The post Blue Origin begins rebuilding New Glenn pad appeared first on SpaceNews.
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The company plans to deliver a fuel-transfer vehicle to the U.S. Space Force by 2028 The post Quantum Space wins Pentagon contract to develop orbital refueling spacecraft appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June.
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NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific leadership with commercial innovation. Under this model, NASA will provide the Aeolus atmospheric‑science instrument payload suite, while Relativity Space supplies the spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations necessary to deliver the instruments to Mars. This partnership reflects NASA’s growing commitment […]
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Terran R, the heavy-lift vehicle currently being developed by Relativity Space, is reaching significant milestones… The post Terran R second stage heads to Stennis as Relativity advances toward 2026 debut appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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Relativity Space plans to launch a Mars orbiter in 2028 as part of a new initiative to privately develop planetary missions. The post Relativity Space to privately develop Mars orbiter mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Arianespace has successfully completed its third Ariane 6 flight of 2026, delivering another 36 Amazon satellites to orbit aboard a new variant of the rocket that features the upgraded P160C solid-fuel boosters. The Ariane 64 rocket, which features four solid-fuel boosters, lifted off at 12:21 UTC from ELA-4 at the Guiana Space Centre. The launch […] The post First Upgraded Ariane 6 Rocket Launches 36 Satellites for Amazon appeared first on European Spaceflight.
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Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs because being paired with a star helps reveal a brown dwarf’s age. Ages of astronomical objects are often hard to measure, but essential for understanding […]
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An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs options for increasing the vehicle’s launch rate. The post Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Biomedical tests using augmented and virtual reality tools to advance space health dominated the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 74 crew is also turning its attention to a spacewalk at the end of the month following the departure of a U.S. cargo spacecraft.
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A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar siblings that once orbited each other. The first star’s detonation sent its binary companion hurtling through space, and then, after traveling for thousands of years, the surviving star blew up too.
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On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe's largest and most powerful rocket launched 36 satellites for Amazon's Leo constellation.
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Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and outgoing ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun provide an update on the main outcomes of the 347th ESA Council meeting, held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 16–17 June 2026.
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Looking somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive, this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on June 12, 2026, features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211. Galaxy clusters like MACS0329-0211 are important signposts in the story of how the structure of the universe evolved, and are the ultimate telescopic lenses, placing gravitationally lensed galaxies from the […]
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A very busy launch manifest is expected in the upcoming week, with 10 launches scheduled… The post Launch Preview: 10 launches scheduled from sites across the world appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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From the ESA Blogs.
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From the ESA Blogs.
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From the ESA Blogs.
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From the ESA Blogs.
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On the 17th of June Ariane 6 flight VA269 soared to orbit from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The latest generation of Europe's largest and most powerful rocket launched 36 satellites for Amazon's Leo constellation.
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Humans have always gazed up at the moon in wonder. A generation ago, NASA astronauts did the extraordinary and touched down on its surface, planting an American flag and igniting […] The post America’s next economic frontier is 240,000 miles away appeared first on SpaceNews.
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At 5:11 a.m. PDT (8:11 a.m. EDT), the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of California near Oceanside, marking the return of the 34th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for NASA.
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China continued its accelerated launch pace with a series of missions, but long silence followed liftoff of a Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket Wednesday, suggesting potential issues. The post China conducts 4 launches in 3 days, but silence follows Kuaizhou–11 launch appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Dawn Aerospace has raised $25 million to scale up its work in both in-space transportation and suborbital spaceplanes. The post Dawn Aerospace raises $25 million appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Space surveillance venture Look Up plans to use Skynopy’s ground station network to help automate its proposed low Earth orbit collision avoidance service, the French startups announced June 17. The post Look Up and Skynopy partner on automated satellite collision avoidance service appeared first on SpaceNews.
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The Leo Europe 03 mission will see Arianespace send a batch of 36 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is scheduled during a window that opens up at 8:53 a.m. Kourou time (7:53 a.m. EDT / 1153 UTC).
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European satellite operator Eutelsat has secured a €138 million contract from France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces under a €1 billion framework agreement signed in June 2025. The 10-year framework agreement with France’s defence procurement agency, the DGA, covers priority access to capacity on Eutelsat’s OneWeb constellation, a constellation of more than 600 satellites in […] The post France Awards Eutelsat €138 Million Contract to Provide Secure Communications appeared first on European Spaceflight.
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The European Space Agency Council has approved the appointment of two new directors: Christine Klein as Director of Controlling, Finance and Operational Procurement, and Jean-Luc Trullemans as Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs.
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ESA Impact: a look at ESA’s spring milestones
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The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured part of Mars’s Mamers Valles: a fascinating valley system speckled with brief, tornado-like whirlwinds known as dust devils.
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From the ESA Blogs.
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Drought and water releases drained the Arizona reservoir to levels that have led to widespread fish deaths.
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Join us as we explore the technologies behind Golden Dome, what’s necessary to make them operate at a high level and what possibilities could be in the works for the satellites involved. The post June 25: Golden Dome: How Could Sensors Protect the United States? appeared first on SpaceNews.
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The mission is third time SpaceX will launch satellites for AST SpaceMobile and its first of the Block 2 iteration of the BlueBird satellites. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:39 a.m. EDT (0639 UTC).
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One well-done gas giant, coming right up! That’s the latest from researchers analyzing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of HD 80606 b, an exoplanet four times the mass of Jupiter with an extremely elliptical orbit that sweeps close by its Sun-like star. The research team is presenting their study and preliminary findings Tuesday at […]
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"As for Arianespace, they have definitely stepped up."
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Astrobotic showed off the lunar lander it plans to launch later this year that will be the vanguard of NASA’s new lunar base ambitions. The post Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Description NASA astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to the agency’s Cold Atom Lab, or CAL, aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2026. About the size of a minifridge and operated from Earth, CAL chills atoms to temperatures below minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 273.15 degrees Celsius), so close […]
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A strike that saw entrances to the Guiana Space Centre barricaded has ended, with Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès saying the labour dispute has not affected tomorrow’s planned Ariane 6 launch from the site. Radio-Télé Péyi Guyane reported that the UTG, or Union of Guyanese Workers, had filed an indefinite general strike notice on 14 June, […] The post Arianespace CEO Says Strike Will Not Affect Ariane 6 Launch appeared first on European Spaceflight.
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